On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 12:37 +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> Since commit 0da4af00b2ed ("ipv6: only update __use and lastusetime
> once per jiffy at most"), updating the dst lastuse field is an
> unlikely action: it happens at most once per jiffy, out of
> potentially millions of calls per second.
>
> Mark explicitly the code as such, and let the compiler generate
> better code.
>
> Note: gcc 7.2 and several older versions do actually generate
> different - better - code when the unlikely() hint is in place,
> avoid jump in the fast path and keeping better code locality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pab...@redhat.com>
Oops, I placed a bad subject prefix here, please ignore. I'll resend
soon with a proper one.
Sorry for the noise,
Paolo
